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EDUCATION
B.A., University of Virginia, 1965
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1971
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Income Redistribution and the Negative Income Tax: A Theoretical Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alfred F. Chalk Professor, 1990 - 2001
Rex B. Grey Professor, 1988 - 1990
Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University, 1984 - Present
Professor of Economics, University of Virginia, 1977 - 1984
Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics, University of Virginia, 1969 - 1977
Visiting Scholar, University of California-Los Angeles, Spring 1978
Teaching Assistant, Princeton University, 1968 - 1969
Research Assistant, Institute for Defense Analyses, Summer 1966 & 1967
ACADEMIC HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Phi Beta Kappa, 1964
B.A. With Highest Distinction, 1965
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1965 - 1966
National Science Foundation Fellow, 1966 - 1968
Charles Grovesnor Osgood Fellow, 1966 - 1968
Sesquicentennial Associateship in the Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia, 1974 - 1975, 1982
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 1977 - Present
Board of Editors, Southern Economic Journal, 1980 - 1982
Board of Editors, Public Finance Quarterly, 1981 - Present
First Vice President, Southern Economics Association, 1983 - 1984
Listed in Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700-1983.
President-Elect, Southern Economics Association, 1986 - 1987
President, SEA, 1987 - 1988
Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, Texas A&M University, 1995.
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate and graduate public finance; undergraduate and graduate microeconomics theory; graduate public choice; undergraduate and graduate courses on poverty, inequality, and social policy; undergraduate statistics.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Public finance, microeconomic theory, public choice, public policy analysis, applied microeconomics, labor economics.
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